Elevate your dog's searching ability and precision with this focused skills course. Designed for teams that are already proficient in finding the target odor, this course systematically addresses four common challenges faced in competitive nose work: 

• Sourcing: Enhancing your dog's ability to precisely locate the odor's origin, reducing handler guesswork. 

• Elevation: Building confidence and proficiency in alerting to hides placed high or low. 

• Thresholds: Training for having your dog engaged in searching from the beginning of the search. 

• Multiple Hides: Developing the necessary skills for finding more than one hide in a search area, including converging odor and moving on from already found hides. 

Over the duration of this course, you and your dog will isolate and practice the components of each skill through targeted exercises. 

You will receive personalized feedback on homework assignments to assess your dog's understanding and progress their learning. Crucially, feedback will also include an assessment of your hide setting skills to ensure you are creating optimal training scenarios to support your dog's success. This is the course you need to sharpen your team's technique and advance your competition level. 

What is included with your registration?

• 4 weeks of lessons and homework that include written lectures and video instruction (a new lesson is released each Wednesday)

• Access to all course materials on both mobile devices and your computer

• Downloadable content for off-line access when you're out training

• Ability to ask questions, participate in discussions, and watch all posted videos

• Keep what you buy—No expiring content; after the course ends, you won't be able to ask questions, but the content is still available to you

What additional items are included with a Premier registration?

• Ability to submit up to 5 minutes of video each week

• Instructor feedback on video assignments

Note: This class is intended for one dog/handler team. If you also wish to post videos of a different dog, you must purchase another registration for the other dog(s).

Prerequisites

Minimum of ORT/Novice level. Exercises will have options for challenges appropriate for more advanced Elite/Detective teams as well. 

Equipment and space needed

• Nose work odors, hides, and putty, magnets, etc. to affix hides

• Approximately 15 container-like objects (open boxes, flowerpots, Tupperware, etc.)

• 4-6 chairs

• 3 open cardboard boxes  

  The exercises can be done inside or outside and most require minimal space. One lesson requires a bit more room, but could easily be done in a space like a two-car garage, a park, or a larger family room. 

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How to complete registration after payment

After you complete your purchase using your credit card or PayPal, you will receive 2 email confirmations: the first is a receipt acknowledging that your order has been received and the second email contains a link for the Conference Unleashed classroom in the Clean Run Learning Center. Click on the link in the email to complete your registration for the conference. If you already have a Learning Center account, you will go directly to the classroom. If you do not, then you will enter your email address and a password to use for this Learning Center program and any future ones you purchase. Please be aware that this is a separate account you are establishing on https://cleanrunonline.com/home, and it is not the same as your Clean Run website account (although you can use the same email and password for both accounts). 

Refund Policy

We offer a 90% refund for the class if you request a cancellation at least 5 days before the class begins. There are no refunds once the course has started.

We suggest that you read the information provided carefully before making your purchase. If you have any questions about whether the content is right for you, please email us.